Synonyms for back burner
back burn·er

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1. back burnernoun

   reduced priority

   "dozens of cases were put on the back burner"

   Antonyms:
   front burner

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1. Terry Jones:

   I never thought it would be as controversial as it turned out, although I remember saying when we were writing it that some religious nut case may take potshots at us, at the time, religion seemed to be on the back burner and it felt like kicking a dead donkey. It has come back with a vengeance and we'd think twice about making it now.

2. Ole Hansen:

   Geopolitical risk like this has been on the back burner for a while because we've been focussing on global oversupply, this news has not made the oversupply go away. The upside potential is limited unless something escalates. We need to see how this unfolds over the next couple of days.

3. Vadim Verdyan:

   If you plan to start spending on something that's been on the back burner while you were stuck at home, that money will need to come from somewhere else in your budget.

4. Erin Canterbury:

   I feel like this issue now goes on the back burner for him, but he needs to know, 'no, we aren't going to shut up about this in New Hampshire.'.

5. Yasushi Niitsuma:

   We need to wait two years, three years to have a house built because of the lack of craftsmen, we are being put on the back burner.